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lifbed from his Manufcripts: And that they may attain the end of the Author in Preaching and in leaving them to be Published, is what I beartily pray for,
Nov. 13. 1702.
John Chichester,
THE
CONTENTS.
SERMON I
1 Cor. 13. 1, 2, 3. Though I speak with
the Tongues of Men and of Angels, and
have not Charity, I am become as found-
ing Brafs, or a tinkling Cymbal. And
though I have the gift of Prophefie, and
understand all Mifteries,and all Know.
ledge; and though I have all Faith,
So that I could remove Mountains, and
have no Charity, I am nothing. And
though I bestow all my Goods to feed
the Poor, and though I give my Body
to be burned, and have not Charity, it
profiteth me nothing. Page 1.
SERMON II,
1 Cor. 13. 4. Charity Suffereth long and
is kind; Charity envieth not; Charity
vaunteth not it self, is not puffed up.
P. 51.
SERMON
SERMON III.
1 Cor. 13. 4. Charity is kind; Charity
envieth not.
SERMON IV.
p. 85.
I Cor. 13, 4, 5. -Charity vaunteth
not it felf, is not puffed up, doth not
behave it felf unseemly.
SERMON V.
I Cor. 13. 5.
p. 131.
Seeketh not her own,
is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil.
SERMON VI.
P. 167.
1 Cor. 13. 6, 7. Rejoyceth not in iniquity,
but rejoyceth in the Truth: Beareth
all things,
SERMON VII.
p. 199.
Believeth all things,
·Hopeth all things, Endureth all
I Cor. 13. 7.
things.
P. 233.
SERMONS VIII, and IX.
1 Cor. 13. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Charity
never faileth but whether there be
Pro-
Prophefies they shall fail: Whether there
be Tongues they hall ceafe: Whether
there be Knowledge, it shall vanish
away. For we know in part, and we
prophefie in part. But when that which
is perfect is come, then that which is in
part shall be done away. When I was
a Child I Spake as a Child, I understood
as a Child, I thought as a Child; but
when I became a Man, I put away
Childish things. For now we fee through
a Glafs darkly; but then face to face:
now I know in part, but then shall I
know even as also I am known. And
now abideth Faith, Hope, Charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is Cha- rity, P. 279.
Note, That the Eighth Sermon was in- tended for Two; but by mistake was not divided. The Ninth Sermon should page 318. line 16.
begin,
SERMON X.
John 12.3, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8. Then took Mary
a pound of Oyntment of Spicknard, very
coftly, and anointed the feet of Jefus,
and wiped his feet with her Hair: and
and the house was filled with the Odour
of
of the Oyntment. Then faith one of his
Difciples, Judas Iscariot, Simons Son,
which fhould betray him, why was not
this Oyntment fold for three hundred
pence, and given to the Poor? This
he faid, not that he cared for the Poor,
but because he was a Thief, and had the
Bag, and bare what was put therein.
Then faid Jefus, let her alone, against
the day of my Burying hath fhe kept
this: For the Poor always ye have with
you, but me ye have not always. P. 377.
SERMON XI.
Ifaiah 26. 4. Trust in the Lord for ever,
for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
ftrength.
SERMON XII.
P. 409.
Ifaiah 26. 4. Truft in the Lord for ever,
Strength.
SERMON XIII.
P. 463.
Pfalm 147. 5. His understanding is In-
finite.
P. 495.